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Old 01-21-2011, 09:15 AM
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Wow, what happened here

Someone is comparing deer to trout? That article 'W' posted from Jerald Horst should be the death knell of this conversation. He does know a little about fishes after all. The fact of the matter is that when the limit on trout was reduced to 15 on Big Lake there was not ONE BIT OF SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE to support a reduction. It was all POLITICAL. A bunch of crybabies whined and got the limit dropped. I would really like to hear Jerald Horst's opinion on the matter or ANY fisheries biologist opinion on the matter. The reason trout get big in Big Lake is look at all the damn food. Throw a castnet behind those damn weirs and see what comes up. There is an abundance of food, and trout are eating machines. They eat, eat eat. They grow fast. They are prolific spawners, they will spawn repeatedly. The big females do not search out a genetically superior male to spawn with. Its more like an orgy, they just release eggs and the male fertilizes it (the nearest male, not the biggest baddest male). They don't make beds like a male bass and try and impress the female, Its wham bam thank you m'aam. If you guys want to release big trout that is great, I would do the same thing, because I know I can catch more smaller ones that I would rather eat. But to criticize someone else who keeps a PERFECTLY LEGAL fish is ridiculous.

..and for the record - I shoot does, hens, and jake turkeys
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